Stars and Bars

One of the comic masterpiecesDaily Telegraph
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Henderson Dores is an Englishman in New York - and completely out of his depth.

He should be concentrating on his job as an art assessor, but his complicated personal life keeps intruding. And thats before we even get to his sense of alienation, of being a fish out of water. For Henderson is a shy man lost in a country of extraverts and weirdos. Subway poets, loony millionaires, Bible-bashers and sharp-suited hoods stalk him wherever he goes. But it is only when hes sent to Americas deep South to examine a rare collection of paintings that matters take a life-threatening turn. Still, if it doesnt kill you, they say it can only make you stronger . . .
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Boyds humour, timed to a tee, always raps out the truthMail on Sunday

Extremely funny. Boyd does not pass up a single comic turnSunday Telegraph

Splittlingly shrewd and engagingGuardian

The wry laughter never stops . . . the shrewdest pages yet from a master of witty manipulationObserver